Zoological Museum of Naples
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The Zoological Museum of Naples was founded by Gioacchino Murat in 1813. The first curator was Luigi Petagna. The founding collections were those of the Royal Bourbon Museum and the private collection of Giuseppe Saverio Poli
Later curators were:-
Giosuè Sangiovanni, Achille Costa(from 1860), Francesco Saverio Monticelli (from 1900). the museum was badly damaged in the Second World War but with Mario Salfi as Curator, was it restored between 1948 and 1970.
